Pet love: Man performs last rites of his parrot in UP’s Amroha

Amroha: People performing last rites of their relatives after their demise is part of our tradition and post-death rituals, but now a man in Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha has performed last rites of his favourite pet – parrot.

It has now come to light that a man identified as Pankaj Kumar Mittal had performed last rites of his pet parrot as per Hindu rituals.

Mittal, a teacher by profession, has done this as a mark of love and gratitude for his beloved parrot who passed away on March 5.

Mittal, who lives in Amroha’s Hasanpur, also organised a `havan` and `bhoj` (feast) on Sunday.

Last rites of a pet parrot, who died on March 5, conducted with traditional Hindu rituals of ‘havan’ & ‘bhoj’ in Amroha’s Hasanpur y’day; owner Pankaj Kumar says, ‘adopted it 5 yrs ago when it couldn’t fly because of leg injury, treated him even better than my son’ #UttarPradeshpic.twitter.com/219c1PuAnB